Apple Confirms Acquisition of Burst Mode Photo App Maker SnappyLabs

It seems the folks in Cupertino are kicking off the New Year with another shopping spree, this time grabbing up the developer of an app capable of shooting full-quality burst mode photos.MacRumors reported Saturday that one-man app developer SnappyLabs has itself been snapped up by none other than Apple, with its SnappyCam app having now vanished from the App Store.As first reported by TechCrunch, Apple wasn't the only company interested in SnappyLabs, which was the brainchild of developer John Papandriopoulos. According to the report, SnappyCam was able to overcome one of the limitations of photos shot in burst mode, reconfiguring how JPEG images are compressed to allow full-quality capture at higher frame rates.

“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," an Apple spokesperson confirmed without adding specifics on how much the company paid or what they plan to do with the purchase.

The logical assumption is that Apple plans to incorporate SnappyCam's technology into the next version of iOS, which could further enhance the burst mode introduced with iOS 7 last year.